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Liberia's Weah will struggle to stifle dissent

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LIBERIA

The president’s utterances mark a shift from his previous calls for a roundtable dialogue with opposition protest leaders, who on June 7 organised the largest mass protest since…

Zimbabwean government clampdown could escalate

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ZIMBABWE

This was the second major protest banned by the authorities in recent days, amid deepening public dissatisfaction with the government's handling of the economy. As fears grow…

Zimbabwe economic pressures will linger

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ZIMBABWE

Since its introduction in February, the local real-time gross settlement (RTGS) dollar, a de facto new local currency, has lost over 60% of its value relative to the US dollar on…

Prospects for Nigeria in 2021

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PROSPECTS 2021

These shocks will sustain already heightened reform pressures on the government during a period of diminishing public revenue. Security crises across various states and regions…

South Africa policy cracks complicate economic plans

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SOUTH AFRICA

South African reform dillemmas.

Sonangol woes will pressure Angola's Lourenco

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ANGOLA

The downward revisions come amid a recent debilitating fuel crisis, with state-owned oil company Sonangol unable to distribute fuel. In response, President Joao Lourenco on May 8…

Senegal's Sonko could be a major contender in 2024

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SENEGAL

The newly formed opposition and civil society alliance, the Movement for the Defense of Democracy (M2D), has questioned the independence and rationale for the Commission, given…

Angola's renewed China dependence will bring more pain

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ANGOLA

However, China’s insistence on negotiating debt relief bilaterally and on a loan-by-loan basis will delay efforts to reschedule borrowing, jeopardising Angola’s debt…

Prospects for South Africa in 2021

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PROSPECTS 2021

Yet market sentiment remains sceptical of Pretoria’s ability to deliver on the package, implement steep and politically contentious expenditure cuts and boost growth. Meanwhile, a…

Economic realities will trump Angolan oil and gas plan

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ANGOLA

Crucial to the new framework's success will be the ongoing overhaul of state-owned oil company Sonangol, alongside an oil price recovery, as well as politically contentious fuel…